Ornamenting cloth.



No. 722,447. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903; L. & 1'. DAVID.

ORNAMENTING CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 7, 1902.

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LUCIEN DAVID AND TONY DAVID, OF LYONS, FRANCE.

ORNANI ENTING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,447, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed October 7, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUCIEN DAVID and TONY DAVID, citizens of the Republic of France, and residents of Lyons, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oruameuting Cloth, of which the following is a specification.

The apparatus to which the present invention relates is primarily intended for the simultaneous application of tufts or ornaments of various forms to both faces of a fabric, these tufts or ornaments beingcut as required for their application from bands of another fabric.

A simple form of the apparatus is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a transverse section of the apparatus at the moment of cutting the tufts or ornaments. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same at the moment of cementing the tufts or ornaments. Fig. 3 is a face view, and Fig. 4 a cross-section, of parts showing two modifications.

The fabric 25 to be ornamentedgenerally muslin, tulle, &c.--is stretched vertically between two similarlyworking tool-carriers A A, each cutting and cementing a horizontal row of tufts or ornaments. It is arranged is such manner as to be capable of moving intermittently after each operation the distance separating the rows. The ribbons rr, from which the tufts or ornaments are cut, which are generally velvet, are arranged parallel to the fabric and on the other side of the tool-carriers A A. They are each accompanied bya counter or auxiliary ribbon b b, of cardboard, lead, or other material capable of serving as counterpart to the punches. The ribbon is moved at each operation the height of the tuft or ornament out, while the counter-ribbon moves only a less distance. These parts and their operations being entirely symmetrical on each side of the fabric, we will describe only the left part, Figs. 1 and 2.

The tool-carrier A is composed of two parallel bars a a, conveniently connected together at their ends by cross-bars and forming a horizontal groove the entire width of the machine. In this groove are mounted the punches or cutters c, the distance and num- Serial No. 126,346 (No model.)

ber of which are regulated according to the horizontalseparation of the tufts or ornaments on the fabric. The carrier A is also constructed of two bars, (marked a a All this combination rotates on trunnions d, and the tool-carriers A A are coupled together by equal-sized toothed wheels ff.

Each punch or cutter c is carried by a tubular bearing g, fixed by a nut at a convenient point of the slide a a. It is furnished with an ejector e, pressed backward by a spring and the shaft of which extends at 2' beyond the bearing g. A series of hammers m, mounted on an axle 7t, operated at a convenient time, strikes the ribbon 1" against the punches, the counterribbon I) being interposed, as shown in Fig. 1, and at the next stroke the hammer strikes the ejector-shaft Fig. 2.

The following'is the-method of working of the apparatus: The ribbons M" and the fabric being at rest and the punches or cutters turned in the position shown at Fig. 1 the hammers m strike the punches or cutters. Each of the latter cuts a tuft or ormanent from the ribbons r, and this tuft or ornament lodges in the interior in the space left in front of the ejector e. The hammers m having risen, the tool-carriers to perform a semirotation in the direction of the arrow and then stop in the position Fig. 2. In this movement the tuft or ornament contained in the punch or cutter c is supplied with cement by a basin 1, inwhich a constant level is maintained. The hammers m then strike the shafts of the ejectors, the projecting end t'of which is so limited as to bring the cemented tuft or ornament in contact with the fabric 1?. As the same effects are produced simultaneously on the opposite face of the fabric, the latter is gripped between two cemented tufts 0r ornaments, which remain adhering thereto.

The above description supposes that the tufts or ornaments are to be placed ver tically, the one below the other, all the punches or cutters of the same tool-carrier A being turned in the same direction and the tools making a complete rotation for each horizontal row; but more often the arrangement of these rows is quincuncial, (see Fig. 3,) and in this case the punches or cutters are arranged alternately in one and the other di rection, those marked 0 as in the figure, being ready to cement their tufts or ornaments on the fabric, the others, 0, being read y to cut-the tufts or ornaments from the ribbons. A horizontal row thus requires only a semirotation of the tool-carriers.

More extended designs or effects can be obtained without departing from the peculiar character of the invention by mounting the punches or cutters in several directions, as shown at Fig. 4, the arrangement of which, combined with that of Fig. 3, would in one rotation enable four horizontal rows of tufts or ornaments to be obtained with different arrangements.

The same apparatus might also be employed to cement the tufts or ornaments on only one side of the fabric. For this purpose it is only necessary to suppress one of the tool-carriers A A and to replace it by a support for the fabric or else to cause to pass between the tool-carriers two superposed pieces of fabric, which are separated afterward.

The mechanism intended to produce the above-described movements has nothing of any particular character and may be varied according to the applications.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a rotary punch-carrier, a punch thereon, an ejector carried by the punch, and a hammer for cutting the tufts by cooperating with the punch, said hammer acting upon the ejector when the punch-carrier is turned, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a rotary punch-carrier, a punch thereon, an ejector for ejecting the tufts from the punch, and a hammer acting first in connection with the punch and then in connection with the ejector, the said rotary carrier moving between the fabric to receive the tufts and the ribbon from which the tufts are'cut, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a pair of punch-carriers arranged to receive between them the fabric to be ornamented with tufts, punches carried by the said carriers, ejectors also carried by the said carriers, hammers for operating the punches and ejectors, the said ejectors operating on opposite sides of the fabric and in opposition to each other.

4. In combination, a rotary punch-carrier, an ejector, means for supplying cement to the tufts as cut out by the punches and hammers for coacting with the punches and ejectors, substantially as described.

5. In combination, a rotary punch-carrier, a punch carried thereby, a spring-retracted ejector within the punch and a hammer for acting on the punch in one position of the carrier and upon the ejector in another position of the carrier, substantially as described.

6. In combination, a rotary punch-carrier, a row of punches thereon having their cutting edges extending in difierent directions and having ejectors and hammer means acting in conjunction with said punches and ejector-s, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

1 LUOIEN DAVID.

TONY DAVID. Witnesses:

GASTON J EAUNIAUX, THOS. N. Bnownn. 

